Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-08-18
CHINESE QUARTERS.
What May BE seen I'm the Abode of
10000 Celestials.

what May BE Seen I'm the Abode OF
10000 CelestiaIs.
One marked feature OF San Francs.
co of especial interest to eastern Wis t.
ors is the Chinese quarter. says let
ter 10 The Baltimore american There
are said to be 800. 900 people in the
city, of whom about $4,000 are China
men. The number, owing to the re-
str ctive leg Station by congress, is
steadily diminishing and the citizens
look forward hopefully to the time
when the Chinese will cease to be a
sturbing factor in their population
and industries. Under the care of an
experienced guide, acquainted with the
Ian yuage and people, we made an eve
ming st to Chinatown. We entered
several joss houses, where were all the
parapLernalia of heather worship.
These places are source of revenue
and the privilege of keeping them, it is
SAIL is sold to the highest oder
lIore are the affairs, incense. the burn.
Ing lamps, the images, and the
worshiperS. but in them all we saw no
evidence of reverence or OF religious
feeling. Some of these temples a:e
decorated with elegant wood. carv-
ngs, screens, bronzes. images and
hangings of golden embroideres. One
place of interest we visited was BAN
quet hall which we were told, was the
A -. II 4 IL .a
given bv the wealthy merchants and
others to their fir ends or distinguish |
visitors. A banquet seemed just to
have ended. Musicians making Il hor-
rid din, singing women with the most
unmus cal voices. young girls and men
gambl NJ with dominoes or other de-
vices, are in various parts of the rooms.
A lordly Chinaman reclines upon q
+ chly upholstered chair and smokes
his fragrant cigar with an evident all
of self-esteem and self-satisfation. Ia
one corner is luxurious couch, on
which reclines two elogenih dressed
Chinese. On the finger of one sparklcs
large and exceedingly brilliant dia-
mond Between them lamp. Each has
the opium pipe, aud one is in the very act
of preparing TO smoke the drug which,
while it Yields delicious unconscious
ness, saps the very foundation of health
and moral character. We partake o.
cup of fragrant tea and swceimeats,
for which we pay a round price (the
Chinese know how to CHARGE, ana &C
on our way. Two features of Chinese
life are patent to us as we walk the
streets. FIRST, the woman slavery, and
second the gambling hells. Under the
stars and stripes slavery worse than
that which held the southern negroes
exists in San Francisco. Nor is it I'M
known to the authorities. Women,
even girls of tenderest age, are brought
from China, bought as slaves, held as
slaves, guarded as slaves and sold fol
immoral purposes as slaves. Walking
along the streets, one sees them look
ing out of little grated windows. the
victims of mans lust and avarice.
Visiting the mission of the Methods,
Ep scopal church on SUNDAY, We saw
at the services nineteen women anC
9 rls who had been rescued from thi:
slavery, and are sheltered, educated
and Christianized by the miss onarl
anu Ills ass lSJduls. AS VIC piSsc,
through narrow street our guide
called attention to men standing guard.
These were sentinels watching at the
doors of gambling dens, ready to give
warning at the moment of danger. The
doors are iron-clad, and on inspecting
several we discovered the marks of the
sledge- hammer, where on previous
occasions the police had broken in. Ii
one square, on the right and or
the left there must have been
two dozen such places, and per
haps as many pitiful women slaves
peering out of their little grated wind
ows. These things are all known tC
the authorities. Their openness more
than justities the report that hush
money is paid to the police. One car
not but conclude that the Oh nese art
an undesirable population, not merely,
as the average Californian will tell you
because he works more cheaply thar
the American, sends his money out Of
the country and brings leprosv in. but.
more than all, he is moral leper
corrupt and corrupting, and no com
munty can harbor him and daily see
and tolerate his vices without conta